Annex E

Approvals committee – December 2010

1. Since the last Board meeting, our approval committee has considered three applications by correspondence, which are listed below

2. The cases considered are listed below:

| Approval date | Ref: No. & directorate | Summary of application | Consultancy/ recruit | Committee Decision | |---------------|------------------------|------------------------|----------------------|--------------------| | 20 December 2010 | 58 External affairs | Corporate and government relations senior executive | Recruitment | Deferred, pending a discussion between CEO and EA director about whether this post needs to be permanent | | 20 December 2010 | 73 RME | Appointment of one temporary economist | Recruitment | Approved | | 20 December 2010 | 66 | Appointment of specialist recruitment consultants for two NEDs £50,000 excl. VAT | Consultancy | Approved |

Further details of any of the above applications and decisions are available from Brian Warrener

3. The committee were also provided with details of any applications below £20,000 which are subject to approval by the director of corporate services. Four applications have been approved totalling £44,467.